Publisher:Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2019
Citation:AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference in Maui, Hawaii, January 13-17, 2019
Abstract:
Following the exceptionally successful Mars Science Laboratory mission which
placed the Curiosity rover in the interior of Gale Crater in August 2012, NASA
will launch the next rover in the 2020 Earth to Mars opportunity arriving to the
Red Planet in February 2021 to explore areas suspected of former habitability
and look for evidence of past life. This paper details the mission and navigation requirements set by the Project and how the final mission design and navigation plan satisfies those requirements.
